ARCH at McGill University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate ARCH coursework.

• ARCH 202Architectural Graphics and Elements of Designopens 15 courses (8 directly)
• ARCH 251Architectural History 2opens 10 courses (8 directly)
• ARCH 303Design and Construction 1opens 6 courses (1 directly)
• ARCH 304Design and Construction 2opens 5 courses (2 directly)
• ARCH 405Design and Construction 3opens 3 courses (3 directly)
• ARCH 672Architectural Design Studio 1opens 3 courses (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate ARCH work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 57 ARCH and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 38 more ARCH courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in ARCH. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at ARCH 406

  1. ARCH 201Communication, Behaviour and Architecture
  2. ARCH 202Architectural Graphics and Elements of Design
  3. ARCH 303Design and Construction 1
  4. ARCH 304Design and Construction 2
  5. ARCH 405Design and Construction 3
  6. ARCH 406Design and Construction 4

• 4 courses deep, ending at ARCH 383

  1. ARCH 201Communication, Behaviour and Architecture
  2. ARCH 202Architectural Graphics and Elements of Design
  3. ARCH 525Seminar on Analysis and Theory

• 4 courses deep, ending at ARCH 521

  1. ARCH 250Architectural History 1
  2. ARCH 251Architectural History 2
  3. ARCH 520Montreal: Urban Morphology

• 4 courses deep, ending at ARCH 529

  1. ARCH 250Architectural History 1
  2. ARCH 251Architectural History 2
  3. ARCH 528History of Housing

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for ARCH yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under ARCH yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

ARCH does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the McGill campus feed.